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Inner Mühlbachtal View from the innermost Mühlbachtal to the Dolomites. © Eugen E. HüslerPhoto: Eugen E. Hüsler, Rother Bergverlag
It is of course not true that the highest peaks of the Rieserferner Group stand far to the west, directly above the Tauferer Tal. And the most famous ones certainly do not. However, if you take the elevation difference as a measure, peaks like Wasserfallspitz, 2652 m, and especially Windschar can easily keep up with Hochgall or Schneebigem Nock. It is quite pleasant that you do not start the big summit tour down in Gais or Uttenheim, 837 m, but at Mühlbach, 1462 m: just under 1500 meters of altitude still, a relaxed start, a steep finale. And once at the top, it becomes clear why the summit is considered one of the most rewarding viewpoints in the region. "What makes the panorama particularly charming, besides the grandeur and richness of the mountain groups, is the view of places of human culture, down into valleys and settlements ..." (R. Seyerlein, 1878).
Of course, you need the right weather to truly enjoy this highly praised view, ideally a clear autumn day. In midsummer, the massif often attracts thunderstorms that approach through the Walburgtal and are then split by the summit ridges of the Windschar. That is why the mountain has its name (Schar = scissors).
In earlier times, people made pilgrimages to the Mühlbachtal for completely different reasons — for bathing. The Mühlbacher Bauernbadl, 1694 m, the highest bathing spot in the region, was especially popular among the people of Bruneck; whether this was just due to the healing effects of the spring remains to be seen... The bath, which burned down in the 1960s, was rebuilt a few years ago, and the spring is used again. Modern chapel.
In half an hour, you reach the Gasthaus Badl from the parking lot; the road loop slightly below can be shortened by a footpath. Then continue on the gravel road up the valley, past the Huberalm, 1852 m. At the valley head, the rugged summit points of the two Rauchkofel peaks, the Großer and the Kleiner Fensterlekofel, appear, flanked on the right by the high hump of the Wasserkopf, 3135 m. The Große Windschar is not yet visible; it hides behind that long, rugged rock barrier starting at the high Grubscharte, 2802 m. The saddle is a navigation point on the further ascent, which goes from Oberwanger Alm, 2027 m, across a rocky slope to the Gamslahner Boden, 2345 m. Now half-left upwards to a crest, approx. 2560 m, then over scree to a fork, approx. 2700 m, which can be easily overlooked. Here sharply left (inscription on rock block "Windschar") to the mouth of a wide, rocky gully. You cross it ascending to a small terrace; then the red-white markings lead in a zigzag over the steep rocky
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